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SQL SERVER – Service Pack Failure: MissingRegistryKeyException
To fix something, it should be broken first. I keep playing with my lab and eventually end up breaking stuff. This time, while patching my own lab environment with latest service pack, I ran into below error about MissingRegistryKeyException.
SQL SERVER – Startup Error: 17190, Severity: 16 – Initializing the FallBack Certificate Failed with Error Code: 1, State: 20
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SQL SERVER – Too Many SQLDump Files Consuming a Lot of Disk Space. What Should You Do?
It is not a normal behavior of SQL Server to generate minidumps. It is like a stress signal in SQL. When there is something “unexpected”, SQL Server kills the SPID and generates a dump. There are situations where SQL threads are not yielding (“Non-yielding Scheduler”, “Non-yielding IOCP Listener” or “Non-yielding Resource Monitor”) and there would be data needed to diagnose the problem later, so a dump is generated. These dumps are in the folder which has ERROLROG files. They can be triggered manually also using SQLDumper.exe for SQLDump.
SQL SERVER – SQLCMD Error – Failed to Load Resource File SQLCMD.rll
As you might know, SQLCMD is a command line utility which can be used to connect to SQL Server and run scripts/queries. While trying to run SQLCMD, I ran into below SQLCMD error.
SQL SERVER- Msg 22004, Level 16 – xp_readerrorlog – Failed to Open Loopback Connection. Please See Event Log for More Information
Many DBAs use sp_readerrorlog or xp_readerrorlog to read ERRORLOG files in SQL Server. SQL SERVER – Where is ERRORLOG? Various Ways to Find ERRORLOG Location
What is WorkTable in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #146
Question: What is WorkTable in SQL Server?
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